ECL-Bm.4:16-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.4:16-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: charioteer
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 3. 16 & 17 Two drawings of same statue by two different hands
Bm 3. 13-32 are from the Villa Montalto
Fa 3 no. 35 (formerly Fa 2 no. 35)
Bm 3. 13-32 are from the Villa Montalto
Fa 3 no. 35 (formerly Fa 2 no. 35)
Other number
Fa 3 no. 35
Description
Content (description)
Youth wears over a tunic a 'breastplate' of thongs, between which is tucked a curved knife. He also has thongs around his upper legs and wears boots and a brimmed hat. In right hand he holds out an axe, with left he holds a hoe, which rests on the ground. A palm tree trunk grows behind his right leg. The statue of a charioteer has been restored as a farmer with farming implements.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 486mm
width (actual size): 376mm
width (actual size): 376mm
Inscription
Dupl in Hortis Montaltis [in ink on front]
Vennancio Rusconi Suice vo [signed in red pencil on front bottom right]
Vennancio Rusconi Suice vo [signed in red pencil on front bottom right]
Materials & techniques note
red chalk and red pencil on paper
Production
Person
Rusconi, Vennancio (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• RS (I ; 527.4)
• Hekler (pl. 193)
• Hekler (pl. 193)
